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Newspaper Informatori Doganor, 2 of June 2008
CONTINUATION OF EU ASSITANCE TO UNMIK CUSTOMS SERVICE AND KOSOVO
TAX
ADMINISTRATION - TACTA
In March 2008, the TACTA project - Technical Assistance to
Customs and Tax Administration started itsactivities in support of
the UNMIK Customs Service (UCS) and the Tax Administration of
Kosovo (TAK).
The project, funded by the EU in the framework of the EU
assistance to Kosovo, continues the work, which
until December 2007 was performed by CAFAO.
TACTA assists beneficiaries in the establishment of
well-functioning and accountable Customs and TaxAdministrations,
and in their efforts to raise revenues, fight organized crime, and
develop good trade relations
with the Western Balkan Region as well as with the European
market, with the ultimate goal to support
Kosovo in achieving future EU integration.
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The project is implemented by the International Technical
Assistance to Customs and Tax Administration -
ITACA consortium lead by Italian Customs Administration (Agenzia
delle Dogane), which draws on the close
cooperation with some of the EU Member States Customs and Tax
Administrations - members of the ITACA
consortium , thus ensuring the highest quality assistance to the
Kosovo beneficiary administrations.
In the course of the project implementation several
international experts will provide assistance to the
UNMIK Customs Service in the following areas: Customs
Laboratory,Enforcement Sector,ITandCustomsLegislation and
Procedure. The assistance will include design and delivery of
training, mentoring of UCS
officers and drafting of proposals in line with the EU best
practices.
Customs Laboratory
TACTA will support the achievement of the required standards for
the establishment of the Customs
Laboratory in Kosovo. With the initial support of the Italian
Customs Administration (Agenzia delle Dogane)
and with the assistance of the TACTA expert, UCS will be able to
establish and efficiently operate itsCustoms Laboratory. TACTA
expert will further design and deliver training on analytical
methods for the
control of goods for customs purposes.
Enforcement
TACTA continues the assistance to the already established and
efficient Enforcement Sector of the UNMIKCustoms Service by
providing the following:
developing its capacity to fight against violations of the
recently approved Law on Intellectual PropertyRights,
updating its risk assessment and selectivity system, improving
its intelligence infrastructure, providing advice for identifying
opportunity to improve intelligence tools, supporting further
development of the IBM system, and providing assistance to enhance
post clearance and audit procedure capacity (the latter starting
in
September 2008).
IT
TACTA assists the UCS in the implementation of the EU standards
in the IT sector. Specifically, TACTA
expert will assess the needs for the alignment of the IT systems
to the EU standards along with the requiredstandards for open
government and security. This activity also aims to provide UCS
with the key information
required to define the long-term IT strategy. TACTA expert will
further assist UCS in identifying
opportunities for improving the existing IT systems.
Legislation and procedures
TACTA will continue supporting the alignment of Kosovo Customs
Legislation to the acquis communautaire.
TACTA expert will carry out an in-depth examination of current
customs legislation and procedures against
the EU Customs Blueprints, as recently updated, in order to
identify possible gaps with EU standards. Thisactivity also aims to
identify any inconsistencies, duplications and inefficiencies of
the current Kosovo
customs legislation.
